CSX Transportation Railroad Heritage is a photographic essay of this major railroad that was formed in 1980 by a merger of the Seaboard Coast Line with the Chessie System, providing a history that goes back to its beginning with the opening in 1830 of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, which was the first common carrier railroad in the United States.
An early predecessor railroad was the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway which introduced the figure of a sleeping kitten “Chessie” in 1933 that became a well-recognized advertisement for passenger service and later for freight service.
Each of the railroads that were merged contributed to CSX reaching important population, energy, and manufacturing markets.
The CSX Pride in Service program resulted in three special painted locomotives (shown in this book) honoring the nation’s veterans, active military personnel, and first responders.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)
Kenneth C. Springirth, with a lifelong interest in rail transportation. Born and raised in the United States, he commuted to Drexel Institute of Technology (now Drexel University) in Philadelphia by trolley car, subway, and sometimes commuter train. His father was a trolley car motorman in Philadelphia, and his grandfather was a trolley car motorman in Washington D.C. A detailed researcher, Ken's interest in rail transportation by 2013 has culminated in writing 20 books on trolley car systems and railroads covering a variety of locations.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781634993456
FORMAT: Paperback
PUBLISHER: America Through Time
DATE: 7/26/2021
STATE: Maryland
SERIES: America Through Time
IMAGES: 220
PAGES: 128
DIMENSIONS: 8.5 (w) x 11 (h)
Nice addition for any CSX or modern railroad enthusiasts.Have several of Kennith’s books, all are full of good pictures and descriptions. Honestly relatively inexpensive for train books these days.ThanksTim
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Matthew Snyder
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I love this book I am a csx fan beautiful Pictures thank again Matthew snyder I give you 5 stars great book
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robert l simanski
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Sand Patch
If you are interested in CSX's locomotive power's history, this book is for you!
This publication contains a colorful narrative of Kenneth Springirth's photo essay of CSX's locomotive power. He begins by showing his images of fallen flag lines, that eventually became CSX. He continues by using the rest of the book to show his photos, taken in the late-20th and the beginning of 21st centuries. The majority of most of their captions rest mostly each engines' detailed backgrounds and brief information of the areas they were taken. The book is produced with very nice, glossy paper, giving the sense of the author's pride in his work.I would especially recommend this book to anybody interested in the trackage along CSX's Metropolitan Subdivision and other locations in the Mid-Atlantic region.
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